Engineered CRISPR/Cas9 enzymes improve discrimination by slowing DNA cleavage to allow release of off-target DNA
Engineered high-fidelity Cas9s have increased discrimination against off-targets. Kinetic analyses of Cas9-HF1 and HypaCas9 engineered Cas9 variants show that their DNA cleavage is impaired by more than 100- fold, which leads to release rather than cleavage of a bound off-target substrate.
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17411-1 |
| Summary: | Engineered high-fidelity Cas9s have increased discrimination against off-targets. Kinetic analyses of Cas9-HF1 and HypaCas9 engineered Cas9 variants show that their DNA cleavage is impaired by more than 100- fold, which leads to release rather than cleavage of a bound off-target substrate. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |